Yeah, the Echo is rare, but that's relative to the whole of Eorzea's population. One of the predecessor organizations to the Scions existed with the primary goal of locating those with the Echo. It's not an "only one guy has it" kind of thing, though it is rare. With that in mind, "rare" is a relative term; PC adventurers are a significant subset of the overall Eorzean population. From a power standpoint, the Echo is of questionable utility -- if nothing else because you don't seem to have any control over it.
The Blessing of Light is rather more complicated. There's a cutscene early on where you see the thousands of lights circling around the crystal, implying that Hydaelyn has a number of defenders. However, subsequent story in the MSQ implies that The Adventurer is the only one known to the Scions to have the Blessing of Light. So, it's not entirely clear to me how many people have it -- is it The Adventurer, or is it just rare? The powers of the Blessing seem... rather overpowered, IMO, with blades of Light and such.
Personally, I think it's perfectly fine to have the Echo, but I'd shy away from the Blessing of Light. They are, though, two separate things, as Armachia points out, and while The Adventurer clearly has them, it doesn't necessarily follow that no one else can.
As for White Mage... yeah. Opinions vary.
Where people stand depends on a variety of factors, including powerful they feel the Elementals and the Padjal still are based on the available lore. On that basis alone, I always advocate avoiding it. It's easy enough to just be a powerful conjurer, after all.
The Blessing of Light is rather more complicated. There's a cutscene early on where you see the thousands of lights circling around the crystal, implying that Hydaelyn has a number of defenders. However, subsequent story in the MSQ implies that The Adventurer is the only one known to the Scions to have the Blessing of Light. So, it's not entirely clear to me how many people have it -- is it The Adventurer, or is it just rare? The powers of the Blessing seem... rather overpowered, IMO, with blades of Light and such.
Personally, I think it's perfectly fine to have the Echo, but I'd shy away from the Blessing of Light. They are, though, two separate things, as Armachia points out, and while The Adventurer clearly has them, it doesn't necessarily follow that no one else can.
As for White Mage... yeah. Opinions vary.
Where people stand depends on a variety of factors, including powerful they feel the Elementals and the Padjal still are based on the available lore. On that basis alone, I always advocate avoiding it. It's easy enough to just be a powerful conjurer, after all.
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